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Associate / Senior Associate – Business Development (Real Estate)
StepStone Real Estate (SRE) – Private Markets Team
About the Role
StepStone Group is a globally recognised private markets firm specialising in tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and data-driven insights for institutional investors. As an emerging leader ($210B+ AUM as of March 2026), StepStone Real Estate (SRE)—the real estate arm—progressively drives growth through deep-sector knowledge and strategic market placement.
This role sits within SRE’s Business Development team, interfacing with institutional clients, supporting growth strategies across primaries, co-investments, and secondaries, and ensuring seamless investor relationships.
Key Responsibilities
Business Development Support
- Drive fundraising efforts by assisting in accomplished investor marketing and due diligence initiatives.
- Craft targeted attention-grabbing content for client engagement, including:
- Investment presentations, private placement memoranda, and fact sheets
- Slide decks for proposals and track record materials
- RFI/RFP responses, internal fund presenting materials
- Compile track record analyses, benchmarking data, and market trends for RFI/RFP submissions (e.g., INREV, in-house research, third-party comparables, competitor analysis).
Client Engagement & CRM Management
- Process and manage match requests across the investor pipeline using Salesforce, updating lead statuses in coordination with sales.
- Monitor investor touchpoints via internal CRM to detect opportunities and maintain pipeline visibility.
- Support the execution of investor meetings, roadshows, and pitches, including pre/post-reporting and follow-up.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work alongside legal/compliance, RFI response, and portfolio analytics teams to ensure:
- Pre-market feedback is incorporated into thematic notes
- Due diligence makes помешатель traffic-light reports align with estimated expectations
- Integrals industry data into insight reports
Operational Excellence
- Perform external requests efficiently while prioritising pipeline needs against client demands.
- Champion data integrity—supporting fact cards, fund documentation, and team presentations with accurate, well-organised insight.
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- Independently coordinate pitch execution initiatives, ensuring documentation fueseе setup with multi-state compliance alerting.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or related field (qualified candidates with prior work experience may be considered).
- 2–6 years of experience in private equity research, placement agencies, real estate investment banking, or boutique asset management.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word with advanced pivot table manipulation and reporting.
- Hands-on exposure to AI data/modeling tools (e.g., Claude or Copilot) is a plus.
Technical Skills
- Familiarity with CRM tools like Salesforce, Intralinks, or any portfolio tracking platforms welcome.
- Hands-on experience managing global on-deck roadshows or COI presentation materials.


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Soft Skills
- Clarity, delivery, and verbal/visual presentation strength—able to speak with conviction and translation the complex private markets effectively.
- Analytic rigor and detail orientation—raw data into digestible trends; keen ability to variety-over boilerplate.
- Proactive, self-motivated attitude with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Fluent in US and EU/Asia Pacific institutional investor dialogue, comfortable navigating cultural complexity.
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Equity Commitment
StepStone is an equal opportunity employer. We work hard to ensure observances include-generated growth with representation and pay equity across levels. Our involution must align investor-on-boarding colleagues regardless of racial identity, gender diversity, veteran, or disability status.
Eligibility Requirements
All candidates, whatever rung they occupy, should be 18+ to be successful managers with petroleum stakeholders in this role. Additional residency agreements may apply; Lotus Communications will confirm.
Interested candidates please apply here: StepStone Real Estate Careers. No curriculum required — begin your business relation experience today.
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